Compatibility with 7th gen intel

[xkamerz]

Hello,
i'm thinking on buying a new set up with an i5-7600k, but there is a point i cant resolve, maybe you guys can help me.
With the new motherboards with chipset B250/H270/Z270 and new generation processor(Kabylake), all the existing DDR4 Ram would work or i have to look for some kind of special Ram?

Thank you for all =)

 

[Darthutos]

Any ddr4 will work. There is no special kind of ddr4 that will work for this or that system. They are all the same. difference is how tall the ram dimms are and if there are leds that people may like.

 

[azaran]

Your motherboard will list the specific speeds of DDR4 it can run. Other than that, nope find a good brand of DDR4 that fits your price range and the speed your motherboard will support and you're good to go.

 

[xkamerz]

Thanks you both, dunno wich one i should pick as a solution "-_- 😀

 

[Justiceinacan]

DDR4 is DDR4 ; do note that certain boards will or will not support x RAM frequency. If your board only supports 2133 RAM, it just means that 3200 RAM can't be used at full speed, but will work if set at un XMP'd speed (2133) (which honestly doesn't degrade performance by more than 2 FPS)

 

[Virtual_Singularity]

Depending on what motherboard you end up choosing, your existing DDR4 RAM from your existing desktop should work fine. Long as you download the latest bios version for your new system's motherboard, the only reason your old DDR4 RAM wouldn't work is if it has a compatibility issue with your new board. Assuming all is well with the new board you choose, and it's bios is current, if it does have issues with your old ddr4 RAM, and you've done the basic troubleshooting (try using one stick to see if it posts that way, make sure no problem with the board's memory slots, etc) check your new board's QVL list for RAM. It's possible your new board will have a compatibility issue with the ddr4 RAM from your current/old system. Once you've decided on your new board, other than checking the QVL list, there isn't much to do but wait and see, because despite the QVL list there are several RAM that will be compatible with it which aren't listed.

Note: whether your RAM works with the new board's supported XMP profiles or not is another matter, as is already mentioned above.